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Lawsuit Seeks End To 'Lawless' Noncitizen Voting In Pennsylvania
31.05.2024, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Lawsuit Seeks End To 'Lawless' Noncitizen Voting In Pennsylvania Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The conservative advocacy group America First Legal (AFL) filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Department of State, seeking to end a directive that allows noncitizens to vote in state and federal elections. Illegal...
Bad Macro, Worse Micro, But Biden Batters Big Caps As Bitcoin, Bonds & Bullion Rip
30.05.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bad Macro, Worse Micro, But Biden Batters Big Caps As Bitcoin, Bonds & Bullion Rip 'Mixed' - markets, macro, and micro - today GDP's secondary print showed weaker consumption and a slight decline in growth and PCE from the primary print (bad is good). Then the 4-week moving average of jobless claims printed at 8 month highs (bad is good). And then Pending...
Nvidia Dumps On Reports Of US Gov't Restricting AI Chip Sales To Middle East
30.05.2024, 21:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia Dumps On Reports Of US Gov't Restricting AI Chip Sales To Middle East Shares of Nvidia fell late in the cash session Thursday after a Bloomberg report said the US government "slowed the issuing of licenses to chipmakers such as Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc." for "large-scale" AI accelerators, otherwise known as deep learning processors...
Beware Of A Market Trading At All-Time Highs
30.05.2024, 16:18 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Beware Of A Market Trading At All-Time Highs Authored by Jan-Patrick Barnert via Bloomberg, The tricky thing about markets at all-time highs is that they can easily flip. And what currently looks like a bit of a sideways consolidation has all the ingredients to make things messy in the next few weeks. Take the seemingly endless risk appetite for all...
Democrats To Virtually Nominate Biden To Ensure Ohio Ballot Access
30.05.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Democrats To Virtually Nominate Biden To Ensure Ohio Ballot Access Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden will be virtually nominated as the Democrats’ presidential nominee before the party’s national convention in August to secure his spot on Ohio’s general election ballot. President Joe Biden (C) speaks...
Co-Founder Of China's SenseTime Says AI Development Gap With US Is Closing
29.05.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Co-Founder Of China's SenseTime Says AI Development Gap With US Is Closing The idea that China will collapse after decades of supergrowth, despite its current challenges with a real estate crisis and a demographic winter, is ridiculous, as the most significant risk to America's big tech empire is the potential failure of US sanctions containing Chinese...
Illinois School District Set To Produce Next $8 Million Superintendent Pensioner
29.05.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Illinois School District Set To Produce Next $8 Million Superintendent Pensioner By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints New Trier Township HS District 203’s Superintendent Paul Sally is set to retire next year and he can count on lifetime pension benefits of nearly $8 million. When he does retire, he’ll join the ranks of the Teachers Retirement...
DARPA And DoD-Backed AI Chip Company Seeks To Raise $70 Million
25.05.2024, 00:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - DARPA And DoD-Backed AI Chip Company Seeks To Raise $70 Million It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that DARPA is hurriedly throwing in with the ongoing AI trend... In fact, Bloomberg reported this week that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for an additional $70 million to help further its "quest to develop an ultra-efficient...
Nvidia Slashes AI Chip Prices As Huawei Launches China Discount War
24.05.2024, 15:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nvidia Slashes AI Chip Prices As Huawei Launches China Discount War Nvidia in China mirrors Apple and Tesla, which have been locked in price wars with Chinese companies. The latest battle in the semiconductor space is between Chinese tech giant Huawei, which is challenging Nvidia's technological monopoly on AI chips. This should be enough to understand...
Neuralink erhält grünes Licht von der FDA für den zweiten Gehirnchip-Patienten
23.05.2024, 00:03 Uhr. Transition News - https: - Die US-amerikanische Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hat Elon Musks Neuralink grünes Licht für die Implantation seines Gehirnchips in eine zweite Person gegeben. Das berichten verschiedene Medien unter Berufung auf das Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Demnach hat die Arzneimittelbehörde die vom Unternehmen vorgeschlagenen Lösungen für ein Problem...
Jack Smith's Appointment Violated The Constitution, Some Legal Experts Argue
21.05.2024, 22:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jack Smith's Appointment Violated The Constitution, Some Legal Experts Argue Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Days before Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed special counsel Jack Smith to investigate former President Donald Trump, experts who had been following the Justice Department investigations questioned its...
ASML Chip Machines In Taiwan Have 'Kill Switch' In Event Of Chinese Invasion
21.05.2024, 12:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ASML Chip Machines In Taiwan Have 'Kill Switch' In Event Of Chinese Invasion The US faces one of the worst geopolitical climates since the end of World War II. As the war rages on in Eastern Europe and conflict risks broadening across the Middle East, there are mounting concerns the People's Republic of China could invade Taiwan by the end of the decade...
Conservative Group Files Emergency Court Motion To Get Biden–Hur Audio Tapes
21.05.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Conservative Group Files Emergency Court Motion To Get Biden–Hur Audio Tapes Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, has filed an emergency motion in a Washington court seeking to accelerate the release of audio tapes of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert...
The 'Super Chase' Strategy That Conservative Activists Hope Will Win The 2024 Election
16.05.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The 'Super Chase' Strategy That Conservative Activists Hope Will Win The 2024 Election Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Nathan Worcester/The Epoch Times, Getty Images) PHOENIX, Ariz—Matthew Martinez bounded from map to map, a broad smile on his face. He pointed out important areas...
Republican Introduces Bill Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote
10.05.2024, 02:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Republican Introduces Bill Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has introduced a bill in the lower chamber of Congress that would ensure that illegal immigrants do not vote in federal elections. The U.S. Capitol building during a rainy day in Washington on April 2...
Huawei's New 'Made-In-China' Smartphone Sources More Chips Locally Amid US Tech War
10.05.2024, 01:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Huawei's New 'Made-In-China' Smartphone Sources More Chips Locally Amid US Tech War With draconian export controls and blacklisting by Washington elites, Chinese tech giant Huawei is still operating and, in fact, producing new high-tech smartphones with components increasingly sourced from domestic suppliers. A new teardown analysis by tech repair...
Futures Drop As Treasury Yields Extend Gains
09.05.2024, 14:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Drop As Treasury Yields Extend Gains US equity futures are weaker as yields resume their rise and the USD strengthens after the BOE signaled it was ready to cut rates. As of 7:45am, S&P futures were down 0.2% and Nasdaq futures dipped 0.3% as all Mag7 names and most semis were red in the premarket. Most European markets are lower, tracking US...
ARM Loses Leg After Downbeat Annual Revenue Forecast
08.05.2024, 22:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - ARM Loses Leg After Downbeat Annual Revenue Forecast It was all looking good for a second or two as ARM Holdings released earnings with top- and bottom-lines beating expectations... *ARM HOLDINGS PLC 4Q TOTAL REV. $928M, EST. $880.4M *ARM HOLDINGS PLC 4Q ADJ EPS 36C, EST. 30C So good, so far, then the chip designer said that sales will be $875 million...
Druckenmiller Dropped The Biggest 'F' Bomb
08.05.2024, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Druckenmiller Dropped The Biggest 'F' Bomb By Michael Every of Rabobank F is for Fed; Biden; Trump; and the 1980s In a sea of lurid, stupid headlines today, it was billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller who arguably dropped the biggest F bombs via a TV interview. First: “Bidenomics, If I was a professor, I’d give him an ‘F’. Basically, they...
Das geht unter die Haut: Chip-Implantate statt Schlüssel
05.05.2024, 09:13 Uhr. reitschuster.de - https: - Fast die Hälfte der Apotheken-Angestellten in einem kleinen Ort in Niedersachsen haben sich freiwillig einen Chip unter die Haut jagen lassen. Weitere wollen folgen – weil sie es für „sehr praktisch“ halten. Kritiker sehen erhebliche Risiken. Von Daniel Weinmann. Der Beitrag Das geht unter die Haut: Chip-Implantate statt Schlüssel erschien...
"We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k"
24.04.2024, 22:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "We Need To Splinter The UniParty Into A Thousand Pieces" - Stockman Slams Washington's Foreign Aid "Clusterf**k" Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, The UniParty's Day Of Infamy, Part 1 The clusterf*ck in the US House of Representatives this past weekend is surely the final straw. The dreadful grip of the UniParty on national security...
Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System'
24.04.2024, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jack Dorsey's Block Announces Development Of 'Full Bitcoin Mining System' Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Payments firm Block, formerly known as Square, has announced plans to develop a Bitcoin mining system in response to challenges faced by mining operators. In an April 23 blog post, Block said it had completed development of a...
If We Want Something As Good But More Reliable, It'll Cost Much More Money
23.04.2024, 12:34 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - If We Want Something As Good But More Reliable, It'll Cost Much More Money By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management Utopia? “We added solar and wind like it was going out of style,” said the CIO of the well-regarded US fund. “We have ample land, wind in the middle of the country.” Federal subsidies make electricity almost free. “But...
'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr
23.04.2024, 01:42 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Threat Facing Our Country Is From The Far Left' And Socialistic Thugs, Not Trump: Bill Barr Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former Attorney General Bill Barr dismissed the idea that former President Donald Trump is a power-hungry “right-wing dictator,” noting that the real threat facing the United States is the...
No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report
22.04.2024, 23:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - No Evidence FBI Used Counterterrorism Tactics on Catholics: Government Watchdog Report Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An independent governmental watchdog investigation concluded that there was no evidence to support that the FBI was targeting Catholics based on a leaked memo. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan...
Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus
22.04.2024, 20:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tesla Q1 Preview: Investors Brace For "Worst Results In 7 Years", AI Pivot, Cybertruck, Robotaxis In Focus Tesla is slated to report earnings tomorrow and, as FT notes, investors are bracing for the "worst results in 7 years" from the EV manufacturer. Analysts predict that Tesla will post revenues of $22.3 billion for Q1, representing a year-over-year...
Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period
22.04.2024, 14:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound As Geopolitical Fears Fade, Fed Enters Blackout Period US equity futures rose, putting the S&P on pace for its first gain after 6 straight days of losses, as focus shifted from Middle East tensions to a raft of company earnings this week, including four of the Mag7 tech megacaps which got hammered last week. At 7:40am, S&P emini futures...
Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War
22.04.2024, 04:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tit-For-Tat Responses From Beijing To Trade Restrictions May Bring About A Full-Blown Trade War By John Liu, Zhu Lin and Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists China’s most-promising industries are facing a growing threat of trade restrictions from Western governments, blurring the outlook for stocks that have the potential...
Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High
19.04.2024, 22:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tech Wrecks As FedSpeak F**ks FOMO-Followers; Gold Hits New Record High Well, that escalated quickly... In a week characterized by data supporting 'no landing' from a growth perspective and disappointment from a disinflation perspective... Source: Bloomberg This was reinforced by FedSpeak that was without exception - hawkish! As they suddenly realized...
Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves
19.04.2024, 19:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Freedom Caucus Posts Rotating Guard To Block Sneaky Leadership Moves In a sign of growing discord among House Republicans, members of the Freedom Caucus are taking turns monitoring the House floor to prevent the GOP leadership from using sneaky procedural tactics to sap the power of increasingly rebellious conservatives. Specifically, they're wary...
AI Bubble Stumbles: First ASML, Now TSMC Downgrades 2024 Global Chip Outlook
19.04.2024, 16:26 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Bubble Stumbles: First ASML, Now TSMC Downgrades 2024 Global Chip Outlook According to a first-quarter update on Wednesday from Dutch chip giant ASML - the world's sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips - chip makers aren't rushing to prepare for the next leg in the AI boom. This was confirmed on Friday when Taiwan...
Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip
18.04.2024, 15:06 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Apple's Dominance On Watch: Huawei Unveils New Smartphone Lineup With Advanced Chip China's smartphone market has stumbled into a downturn as economic woes turn consumers cautious. At the same time, consumers are ditching Apple's new iPhone 15 and have embraced domestic brands. Huawei Technologies Co. is one of those domestic brands that gained popularity...
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses
18.04.2024, 14:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses US equity futures are higher after four consecutive days of selling, although that is the same pattern we have seen all week as futures initially rise only to dump later in the day. As of 7:40am, S&P futures are up 0.3% while tech stocks were set to outperform, pushing the Nasdaq 0.4% higher after TSMC delivered...
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA
18.04.2024, 03:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA Authored by Tucker Carlson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday on a two-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA. This transcript has been edited for length and reprinted with permission from Tucker Carlson. A few...
Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang
17.04.2024, 16:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang Exactly three months ago, AI stocks were soaring, semiconductor names were flying and the tech sector was euphoric after Dutch chip giant ASML - the world’s sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips and Europe’s most valuable technology...
Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs
17.04.2024, 14:12 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound After 3 Day Rout As Rates Drop From 2024 Highs US equity futures and European markets are higher, reversing several days of losses after positive earnings from some of Europe’s biggest companies lifted the mood as markets were roiled by a more hawkish outlook for interest rates. Futures on the S&P 500 rose by 0.4% reversing three days...
Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy
17.04.2024, 01:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Coalition Of Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Defending Ken Paxton And His Top Deputy Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A national coalition of 18 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster in a lawsuit initiated by the State...
Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A "Scam"
16.04.2024, 15:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Johnson Unveils Separate Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills That MTG Calls A "Scam" After months of pushback over packages to send US-taxpayer-funded foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a plan Monday evening to hold four different votes on bills which would decouple aid by country, including Taiwan. Johnson will also put...
Dollar, Oil, & Gold Jump; Stocks & Bonds Dump As 'WW3-On'-Risk Reignites
15.04.2024, 22:02 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Dollar, Oil, & Gold Jump; Stocks & Bonds Dump As 'WW3-On'-Risk Reignites It was all looking so shiny and BTFD-y - Iran had sent some missiles towards Israeli folks; 'allies' blocked 99% of them; and Israel appeared unlikely top respond 'imminently'. Stocks were up, crypto was up, oil was down as 'WW3-off' meant risk-on. But, then the headlines just...
Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks
12.04.2024, 15:04 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble On Disappointing JPM Earnings, Surging Geopolitical Risks Futures are tumbling this morning, hit by disappointing earnings and outllook from the largest US bank, JPMorgan whose stock is down around 3% in a soggy launch to Q1 earnings season, while growing fears of an imminent conflict between Israel and Iran have sent oil surging and...
Intel, AMD Slide After Beijing Tells Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips
12.04.2024, 13:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Intel, AMD Slide After Beijing Tells Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips The newest phase of the technology war between the US and China involves Beijing's plan to eliminate American-made semiconductor chips from Chinese telecommunications systems by 2027. This strategy is expected to impact US chip manufacturers such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices...
From Taiwan To Fentanyl: Biden–Xi Dialogue Changes Nothing
12.04.2024, 01:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From Taiwan To Fentanyl: Biden–Xi Dialogue Changes Nothing Authored by Antonio Graceffo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference after meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' week in Woodside, Calif., on Nov. 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP...
Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI
11.04.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Slide As "Punched In The Face" Market Eyes Surging Yields Ahead Of ECB, PPI Futures are weaker signaling further losses on Wall Street as stubborn inflation forces investors to reduce their expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts; tech stocks are underperforming following the significant surge in Treasuries yields which has continued...
House Conservatives Tank FISA Bill in Blow to Speaker Johnson
10.04.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Conservatives Tank FISA Bill in Blow to Speaker Johnson By Joseph Lord of The Epoch Times House conservatives on April 10 tanked a procedural vote to advance a surveillance power reauthorization bill in protest against its lack of warrant requirements. The development is another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) who already faces an ouster...
Futures On Edge Ahead Of Critical CPI Report
10.04.2024, 14:03 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures On Edge Ahead Of Critical CPI Report Futures are up small before the March CPI data was expected to show further moderation in price pressures following stronger readings at the start of the year, with Mag7 mixed and Semis lower, tracking bigger gains in Europe. Bond yields are uniformly 1bps lower, USD is off a touch, and commodities are mostly...
Taiwanese Chip-Making Giant TSMC Gets Billions In US Grants, Loans For Third Arizona Chip Factory
09.04.2024, 01:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Taiwanese Chip-Making Giant TSMC Gets Billions In US Grants, Loans For Third Arizona Chip Factory Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, plans to build a third chip factory in Arizona after receiving $6.6 billion in grants and $5 billion in loans through US government subsidies. This is part of...
Samsung To Double Chip Factory Investments In Texas As Chips Act Supercharges Reshoring Efforts
05.04.2024, 16:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Samsung To Double Chip Factory Investments In Texas As Chips Act Supercharges Reshoring Efforts The Biden administration's fast approach to industrial policy and re-shoring of semiconductor production has been through the Chips and Science Act. The United States is progressing down the path of rebuilding its semiconductor manufacturing base after...
House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers
05.04.2024, 00:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - House Freedom Caucus Members Earmarked Nearly $1 Billion From Taxpayers By Adam Andrzejeski of OpenTheBooks The House Freedom Caucus was founded in 2015. Self-styled fiscal conservatives promoted themselves as a bulwark against establishment spending that would bankrupt the nation. It turns out that many are better at breaking their promises than stopping...
"Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut"
04.04.2024, 17:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Central Banks Are Obviously Determined To Cut... Or Make You Think They Are Going To Cut" By Michael Every of Rabobank The bigger 'Bigger Picture' Fed Chair Powell noted the FOMC will wait for a clearer signal from the data before starting rate cuts, which he continues to expect to begin “at some point this year.” In particular, he said that recent...